Located in the South Pacific Ocean, at about 2,000 km northeast of New Zealand's North Island, and comprising 332 islands and 522 islets, Fiji is endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, being a developing country with a large subsistence agriculture sector. Tourism has expanded rapidly since the early 1980s and is the leading economic activity in the islands. The largest island and also the site of the nation's capital, Suva, is Viti Levu, home to 70% of the population (about 600,000) and the hub of the entire Fijian archipelago. Its size is comparable with The Big Island of Hawaii or slightly smaller than Connecticut.
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